Neurology and Trauma

This practical, all-in-one guide - the first and only book of its kind - outlines diagnosis and management strategies for the most common neurologic problems resulting from injury. Readers will find encyclopaedic coverage of head injuries, spine injuries,peripheral nerve and plexus trauma, post-traumatic pain disorders, environmental trauma, post-traumatic sequalae, and the medicolegal aspects. Treatment of these broad categories includes full-chapter coverage on the injury itself, followed by chapters onthe specific consequences of that injury, such as post-traumatic seizures, post-traumatic cranial neuropathies, and more. Features the editorial stewardship of Dr. Randolph W. Evans - Guest Editor of the critically acclaimed issue of Neurologic Clinics entitled The Neurology of Trauma - and contributions by more than 50 leading specialists from every aspect of the field. Fills an important niche by placing everything the reader needs to know at their fingertips, including information that is not available in any other single source. Offers in-depth coverage of controversial topics, such as whiplash, postconcussion syndrome, movement disorders, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and causalgia, and more. Emphasizes the principles of reconstructive surgery involving flaps, grafts, wound closure, and suture techniques.